Alfred Harmsworth Quotes
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We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the news.
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was not engaged in subversive work; she was an apolitical project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the Reuters news agency.
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But my observation has been, certainly in the news business, you've got to give 110 percent.
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Getting more and more of our news from the social network is having significant repercussions for markets - and your money.
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I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst.
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I worry that we're not getting enough of the news that we need to make informed judgments as citizens.
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My dad got me hooked on the news. That was a good thing.
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The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.
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Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.
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In most cases, the news is not really news. But in some cases, discoveries are made and should be listened to.
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It's just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.
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Most of us can now record a whole series with the click of a button. We all have DVD players, and the rise of the DVD box-set means we watch this stuff in two, three-hour sessions. So there is this real appetite out there for lengthy, pretty intricate drama. All that is great news for writers.
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A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.
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I don't have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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The only thing I'd ever done with news was to read copy sitting at the microphone in the studio.
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I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter.
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Twitter is fun because it lets me stay in touch with all my original readers who grew up with my books. I love hearing from readers instantly on Twitter.
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We were constantly appealing for funds from readers when I edited 'The Black Dwarf' in 1968-69.
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Children are precious gifts to us all.
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Though Americans talk a good deal about the virtue of being serious, they generally prefer people who are solemn over people who are serious. In politics, the rare candidate who is serious, like Adlai Stevenson, is easily overwhelmed by one who is solemn, like General Eisenhower. This is probably because it is hard for most people to recognize seriousness, which is rare, especially in politics, but comfortable to endorse solemnity, which is as commonplace as jogging.
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Bloomberg TVThe one thing I think is likely to happen under either candidate is massive fiscal stimulus. You have so many voters in Western Europe and North America who've had no real income growth for over 10 years, and they are, in the words of Howard Beale, "Mad as hell and not going to take it anymore."
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It applies in any business. Shoemakers should be run by shoe guys, and software firms by software guys, and supermarkets by supermarket guys. With the advice and support of their bean counters, absolutely, but with the final word going to those who live and breathe the customer experience. Passion and drive for excellence will win over the computer-like, dispassionate, analysis-driven philosophy every time.
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It is hard news that catches readers. Features hold them.
